Reminder: Third Thursday Poetry Night January 15: S.L. Maurice
Dan Wilcox
the Poetry Motel Foundation presents
Third Thursday Poetry Night
@
the Social Justice Center
33 Central Ave., Albany, NY
Thursday, January 15, 2026
7:00 sign up for the open mic; 7:30 start
open mic before & after the featured reader.
Featured Poet: S.L. Maurice
$5.00 suggested donation, more if you got it, less if you can’t.
Your 2026 Host: Dan Wilcox
Samuel Maurice is a Hudson Valley poet published through Deadman's Press Ink, his collection of poems is titled Vibrant Sounds, Colors in Motion. Other works make appearances in several literary magazines including Seventh Tangent and River & Celia in Underland. He carries a BA in English from Union College and SUNY at Albany.
This is the night sirens
echo in Edison minds.
This is the night
telephone wires
wound too tight
finally get
the limelight
this is the night lonely
laughs echo off the walls
of Erie River tunnel.
this is the night
rats become g(odd)s.
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Coming up:
February 19: Ian Macks
March 19: Caitlin Conlon
April 16: Valerie Temple
May 21: Eric Wasileski
June 18: Natalya Sukhonos
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